ERIC Number: ED469709
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 8
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The New (and Ongoing) Job Crisis for Adult Learners: How Adult Educators Can Respond.
Jurmo, Paul
Literacy Harvest, p25-31 Fall 2002
Most of the job losses that occurred in New York City after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center occurred in low-wage jobs held by lower-skilled workers. Many of those affected faced multiple obstacles limiting their employment prospects, including limited literacy and English language skills and a lack of "connections" to formal and informal mechanisms through which people typically get connected to jobs. Several programs offered by unions, public agencies, and non-profit organizations in New York City have responded to these learners in two ways--by focusing instruction on the job-related skills and knowledge learners need and by using referrals and other means to link learners to jobs and work-related training opportunities outside the basic skills program. Those interested in equipping low-skilled adults for a changing work environment should take the following actions: (1) be open to new ways of approaching work-related adult basic education; (2) develop the expertise needed to plan and deliver effective work-related education geared to learners' particular needs; and (3) advocate for new funding, better use of existing resources, and appropriate expectations from funders about ways adult education can help learners participate as workers. (Contains 7 web site addresses and 7 references.) (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Employment Qualifications, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, High School Equivalency Programs, Information Networks, Job Placement, Job Search Methods, Job Skills, Occupations, Postsecondary Education, Referral, Relevance (Education), Semiskilled Workers, Skill Development, Unemployment, Unions, Unskilled Occupations, Unskilled Workers
For full text: http://www.lacnyc.org/publications/Harvest/02fall/harvestFall02.pdf.
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; New York (New York)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Educational Development Tests
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